In what will serve to be one of the music industry’s most prolific stories of the year, Britney Spears has been confirmed to be leaving record label of many years, JIVE.

She will now become an artist solely signed to the RCA Music Group which was formerly a half of the RCA/JIVE label group…

Find out why below…

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Capitalising on the buzz from her epic BET Awards performance, Kelly Rowland has revealed the official album cover for her third studio set ‘Here I Am’.

The hotly anticipated LP arrives in stores on July 26th and is preceded by smash ‘Motivation’ and new single ‘Lay It On Me’.

What do you think of the cover?

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After delivering a show stopping  performance at last night’s BET Awards (from halfway across the globe), global superstar Beyonce was all smiles during a sit-down with BBC‘s Lauren Laverne and Jo Whiley.

See what the ‘Best Thing I Never Had’ singer had to say about her history-making headlining of the Glastonbury festival and more after the jump:

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Keri Hilson, Kelly Rowland, and Ne-Yo were just a few of the faces spotted in Beverly Hills after the 2011 BET Awards for Interscope-Geffen-A&M‘s (IGA) 5th annual Creme of the Crop celebration.  See who else showed up after Urban music’s biggest night after the jump:

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Her nemesis Nicki Minaj may have won big at last night’s BET Awards, but that didn’t stop rapper Lil Kim from having a good time elsewhere.

For yesterday, in her home city of New York, she helped her friends from the LGBT community celebrate a Gay Pride event.

Looking considerably sweeter than usual, she seems to have channelled her inner Geisha joined by some of her friends.

Check out more shots below courtesy of Lil KimFan Club…

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Billed as career-defining moment before it even took place, Kelly Rowland‘s sizzling showing at the BET Awards last night most certainly lived up that title and then some.

That Grape Juice visitors have expressed their thoughts on the performance, but what did Rowland’s industry contemporaries have to say when they took to Twitter?

Find out after the jump…

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As she made her way to her show-stopping Splash set, That Grape Juice TV chatted it up with R&B star Keri Hilson.

In this candid interview, the ‘Pretty Girl Rock’ singer opens up about her plans for the year, her racy ‘The Way You Love Me’ video, how she stepped up her game, taking a break after ‘No Boys Allowed’, and more.

As ever, we ask the questions you really want answers to. Enjoy!

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After blazing the stage in what many are calling the performance of the 2011 BET Awards , Kelly Rowland brings the same brand of fierceness to the cover of Monarch magazine’s July issue.

The 30 year old star talks to the publication about her ‘Here I Am’ album, her new role on the X Factor, and more.

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The BET Awards 2011 was certainly one of the year’s most electrifying events on the industry calender, with show-stopping performances from Kelly Rowland, Beyonce, Chris Brown, among others.

Check out the night’s award winners below…

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The BET Awards 2011 are currently underway at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. As ever, That Grape Juice will be providing you with performances as they occur!

Check out performances from Beyonce, Chris Brown, Kelly Rowland, Mary J. Blige, Trey Songz, Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber and more below. Keep refreshing, as we’ll be updating minute-by-minute:

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Tonight saw Beyonce make history at the Glastonbury Festival 2011 with a scorching set that consisted of some of her old and new hits.

Check out her performance of ‘Run The World (Girls)’ below…

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